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U.S. Metropolitan Areas with Most New Cases
of HIV/AIDS

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(Rates of Infection per 100,000 of Population, 2003)

City/Metro Area

No. of New Cases

Infection Rate

New York, NY

137178

59.2

Miami, FL

27525

45.8

San Francisco, CA

29655

45.2

Fort Lauderdale, FL

14993

39.9

Baltimore, MD

18047

39.3

West Palm Beach-
Boca Raton, FL

9110

36.7

San Juan-Bayamon, PR

17744

33.9

Baton Rouge, LA

2540

33.7

Columbia, SC

2507

33.5

Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV

28400

33.3

New Orleans, LA

8196

32.7

Memphis, TN-AR-MS

4187

31.0

Houston, TX

22180

29.4

Jersey City, NJ

7217

28.3

Wilmington-Newark, DE-MD

2504

28.0

Atlanta, GA

19369

27.1

Orlando, FL

7519

27.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

47379

25.9

Newark, NJ

18848

25.8

Philadelphia, PA-NJ

23018

24.9

Hartford, CT

4671

24.2

Jacksonville, FL

5328

24.0

New Haven-Bridgeport-Danbury-Waterbury, CT

7660

22.7

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

1548

22.5

Tampa-St Pete.-Clearwater, FL

10038

22.0

Nashville, TN

3370

21.0

Dallas, TX

14567

19.5

Sarasota-Bradenton, FL

1825

19.4

Chicago, IL

25050

18.0

San Diego, CA

12003

17.6

Mobile, AL

1466

16.3

Charlotte-Gaston-Rock Hill, NC-SC

2771

16.2

Charleston, SC

1851

16.1

Raleigh-Durham-
Chapel Hill, NC

2588

15.8

Indianapolis, IN

3599

15.7

Oakland, CA

8960

15.4

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA

7692

15.3

Melbourne-Titusvlle-
Palm Bay, FL

1446

15.0

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA

1297

14.7

Las Vegas, NV-AZ

4373

14.5

Bakersfield, CA

1337

14.4

Springfield, MA

2009

14.4

Tucson, AZ

1844

14.3

Bergen-Passaic, NJ

6023

14.3

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

3809

13.7

Columbus, OH

2595

13.6

Birmingham, AL

2250

13.5

Richmond-Petersburg, VA

2978

13.1

El Paso, TX

1360

13.0

Riverside-San Bernardino, CA

7991

13.0

Stockton-Lodi, CA

948

12.6

Rochester, NY

2799

12.5

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA

1056

12.4

Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa, CA

1562

12.1

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC

1805

11.9

Denver, CO

6341

11.8

Phoenix-Mesa, AZ

6585

11.7

Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point, NC

2077

11.6

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

2047

11.3

Austin-San Marcos, TX

4417

11.1

Detroit, MI

9250

10.8

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH

16290

10.8

Dayton-Springfield, OH

1218

10.6

Louisiville, KY-IN

2044

10.5

Pittsburgh, PA

2893

10.4

San Antonio, TX

4512

9.8

Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ

3614

9.7

Norfolk-VA Beach-Newport News, VA

4550

9.7

Daytona Beach, FL

1408

9.6

Honolulu, HI

2027

9.3

Providence-Warwick, RI

2214

9.3

Fresno, CA

1451

9.2

Nassau-Suffolk, NJ

7485

9.2

Buffalo-Niagra Falls, NY

2175

9.0

Oklahoma City, OK

2104

8.9

Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH

3940

8.9

Portland-Vancourver,
OR-WA

4503

8.9

Little Rock-N. Little Rock, AR

1274

8.8

St. Louis, MO-IL

5436

8.5

Orange County, CA

6374

8.5

Tulsa, OK

1322

8.0

Syracuse, NY

1506

8.0

Knoxville, TN

865

7.9

Kansas City, MO-KS

4346

7.5

Wichita, KS

811

7.4

Sacramento, CA

3566

7.4

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

512

7.2

Monmouth-Ocean, NJ

3191

7.1

Gary, IN

893

7.0

Colorado Springs, CO

539

6.9

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

2303

6.8

San Jose, CA

3481

6.7

Albuquerque, NM

1256

6.3

Toledo, OH

713

5.8

Omaha, NE-IA

905

5.7

Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, PA

502

5.4

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

3778

5.1

Tacoma, WA

972

4.6

Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI

908

4.4

Youngstown-Warren, OH

444

4.3

Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT

1882

4.3

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

2254

4.2

Ventura, CA

916

4.0

Fort Wayne, IN

385

3.5

Akron, OH

660

3.4

Ann Arbor, MI

459

3.3

SOURCE: CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, 2004 

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